Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M---y W---y M----e: Written, During Her Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa, to Persons of Distinction, ...P. Wilson, J. Hoey, Junior, and J. Potts, 1763 - 280 עמודים |
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עמוד 29
... truth . The Graces move with her ; the famous ftatue of Medicis was not formed with more delicate proportions ; nothing can be added to the beauty of her neck and hands . Till I faw them , I did not believe there were any in na- ture fo ...
... truth . The Graces move with her ; the famous ftatue of Medicis was not formed with more delicate proportions ; nothing can be added to the beauty of her neck and hands . Till I faw them , I did not believe there were any in na- ture fo ...
עמוד 70
... truth , and not laziness , that I do not entertain you with as many prodigies as other travellers ufe to divert their readers with . I might easily pick up wonders in every town I pass through , or tell you a long series of popish ...
... truth , and not laziness , that I do not entertain you with as many prodigies as other travellers ufe to divert their readers with . I might easily pick up wonders in every town I pass through , or tell you a long series of popish ...
עמוד 74
... truth , in the words of Monefes , I bave long learnt to hold myself as nothing ; but when I think of the fatigue my poor infant must suffer , I have all a mother's fondness in my eyes , and all her tender paffions in my heart . P. S. I ...
... truth , in the words of Monefes , I bave long learnt to hold myself as nothing ; but when I think of the fatigue my poor infant must suffer , I have all a mother's fondness in my eyes , and all her tender paffions in my heart . P. S. I ...
עמוד 86
... truth , they are rather plunder- .. ers than foldiers ; having no pay , and being o- bliged to furnish their own arms and horses ; they rather look like vagabond gypsies , or ftout beggars , than regular troops . I cannot forbear ...
... truth , they are rather plunder- .. ers than foldiers ; having no pay , and being o- bliged to furnish their own arms and horses ; they rather look like vagabond gypsies , or ftout beggars , than regular troops . I cannot forbear ...
עמוד 89
... truth , the Serafkier is commanded by the Janizaries . These troops have an abfolute authority here , and their conduct carries much more the afpe & t of rebellion , than the appearance of fubordi nation . You may judge of this by the ...
... truth , the Serafkier is commanded by the Janizaries . These troops have an abfolute authority here , and their conduct carries much more the afpe & t of rebellion , than the appearance of fubordi nation . You may judge of this by the ...
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